Cigar cutter and lighter.



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- WILIAM RooLL, oF Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CIGAR CUTTER AND TER.y

Application filed Novemberl'll, 1905. Serial No. 287,824.

To @ZZ whom t may concern: j

Be it known that I, WILLAM RooLL, a citizen of Russia, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State o California,

have invented a new and useful Cigar Cutter and Lighter, of which the following is a speci-- fication. j

j My invention relates to a combinedcigar cutter and lighter which Lmay be carried in the vest-pocket; and the object thereof is to provide simple andl eflicient means for cut-l ting off the end of a cigar and of furnishin convenient means forflightin the other en no matter hoWfhard-the win may blow. vl accomplish these objects by means of the mechanism described herein and illustrated lin the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device in its Vinoperative position ready to be lplaced' in the vest or other pocket. y Fig. 2 is a plan of my device with 'the lid open and vparts 'broken away forv clearness of illust-ration.

Fig. 43 is' a cross-.section onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail of the cutting-blade.

In the drawing, 6 is a small box, preferably, constructed of brass ory aluminium, provided with a hinged cover 7 which is secured 4against accidental opening by a snap-fastening 8. At one side and extending nearly the entire length of the box is the cutter comjust below the top plate 18 thereof. This top plate-is provide with apertures' 19 andl 20,

Vwhich. register with apertures 21 and 22 in the cover of the box when the cover is closed, as shown in Fig. `1, and the bottom of the box has a corresponding aperture therein which permits the ends of the cigars when cut 0H to drop 4through the box. VBelow the cuttercompartment is the fulminate-ball com artment 23, which holds the fulminate-bals 24, which are ignited,-Which are hereinafter explained. On the guide-rod 16 is a spring 25,

one end of which bears against stud 15 .to

force the cutter outwardly, as shown in dotratented March 1s, 1906.

ted lines in Fig. 3, which it will do when notch 26 in the outer end of the shank is disenga ed from the-end of the box. As the cutterar moves outwardly stud 15 engages the head of the fulminating-rod and carries it outwardly with it until the lowerV end thereof asses beyond port 23 in the end of thefulnnnate-box, which permits one of the fulminate balls to fall down into the path of the fulminate-rod. The operator then places hisv cigar intov either apertures 21 or 22, as he may desire a longer or a shorter piece 'cut from the end of the cigar, and then pushes the cutter end by presing upon the flat end of the shank of the cutter until thecutter isv pushed into the box, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in full lines, thereby'cutting O the end of thea cigar. The inner movement ofthe cutter causes a small yoke 27 to engage a collar 28 on the fulminate operating rod `and carry the rod inwardly until the Ifulminate ball rests against the pressurerod 29. Yoke 27 is loosely slipped over the guide-rod and in the coils of the'spring thereon, so vthat it has a yielding pressure upon the collar on the. fulminateoperating rod. As soon as the cutter is pushed to its innermost position the shank is pushed over so that the notch 26 engages the end ofthe box and locks it in that position.

The pressure-rod is rovided with -a handle 30, kwhich projects through a slot 31 in the cover. Intermediate the` handle and the edgeof the box is a spring 32, one end of which bears against the handle and the other against the box. After the cutter is locked in its innermost position the o erator moves the pressure-rod out of the pat of the fulminate ball, the outer end passing Athrough a hole 41 in the edge of thebox, whereupon the fulminate-operating rod pushes the ball into the path of the pressure-rod, which is then released and lthe fulminating ball is forced and held in chamber 33, formed in the wall 34 of the lighting-box chamber 35 and the wall 36 of the fulminate-operating rod guidetube, as shown in Fig. 3.

The cigar-lighting device is composed of an alcohol-reservoir 37, which is provided with a wick 38.' On one side of the chamber and near the wick it is provided with a metallic serrated igniter or abrading-bar 42,

which as the chamber is drawn out of the box.

l the wick that it takes fire. The smoker then IOO lights his cigar from the llame and then rep aces the reservoir in the boX, which eXtinguishes the flame. The outer end of the reservoir is provided with an operating-ring 39, which enables it to be pulled out ofthe box and indicates which end of the boX should be kept up in the pocket. A spring 40 forms a catch for holding the reservoir against accidental displacement.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cigar-lighter comprising a fulminateball-holding chamber having a port in the edge thereof; a fulminate-operating rod adjacent thereto and normally closing said port; means to operate said rod to open and close said port; a pressure-rod adjacent to the end of the fulminate rod; a chamber below said ressure-rod; a reservoir adjacent to said ast chamber; a wick in said reservoir; an igniter secured to said reservoir adjacent to said wick; and fulminate balls in said ballholding chamber.

2. A cigar lighter and cutter comprising a casing having a hinged lid, said lid and casing having apertures therethrough in register; and a slot in th end of the casing; a cuttercompartment in said casing; a cutter in said compartment; a shank secured to said cutter and rojecting through the end of the casing and aving a notch in the end thereof; a guide-arm secured to the bottom of said cutter and projecting out of said cutter-compartment and having a stud on the end there? of; a guide-rod adjacent to said cutter-compartment and engaged by one side of said stud; a spring on said guide-rod and bearing against said stud; a guide-tube adjacent to said guide-rod; a fulminate-ball-operating rod in said guide-tube; said tube having an aperture or port in one side thereof; a fulminate-ball-holding chamber having a port in register with the aperture in said tube adjacent thereto; a pressure-rod adjacent to said ball-holding chamber, said rod having a handle passing through an aperture in the lid; a single ball-holding chamber below said pressurerod; a reservoir adjacent to said last chamber; an abrading-bar on the side of said chamber; a wick in said chamber having an end thereof projecting therefrom adjacent to said bar; a head on the end of the fulminate-ball-operating rod and a collar on said rod intermediate the ends thereof; and a yoke loosely mounted on the guide-rod intermediate the coils of the spring thereon, said yoke straddling said fulminate-.b all-operating bar and adapted to cause said rod to deliver a fulminate ball in the path of the pressure-rod when the pressure-rod is withdrawn above the plane of the fulminate-ball-op erating rod;

and fulminate balls in said ball-holding chambers.

ln witness that l claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 6th day of November, 1905.

WILIAM ROOLL.

Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM, MYRTLE A. JONES, 

